Archive

  • APAC Weekly - Would you panic-buy rice?

    15 April 2025

    Cool heads were needed, but arguably hard to find, this month, as Donald Trump's tariffs stirred up a storm across APAC

  • Comment - A good time for insurers to divest Japanese cross-shareholdings?

    09 April 2025

    In turbulent times, major Japanese insurers are trying to work out what price is fair, to unwind significant 'keiretsu'

  • APAC Weekly - 'How to Spend It': Japan's authorities allocate most 'green bond' proceeds to climate adaptation

    08 April 2025

    Insurers are prominent lenders to Japan's local authorities through issues of green bonds

  • Dai-ichi Life to add AUD 131.4bn to assets in Australian M&A

    07 April 2025

    Japanese group plans buying stake in Challenger from MS&AD

  • Tokio Marine unit names Mitsubishi in latest $1.3bn strategic-stake sell-off

    03 April 2025

    Insurer will use proceeds for "solving social problems and other growth areas"

  • Mitsui Sumitomo plans major investment in specialty underwriter WR Berkley

    28 March 2025

    Japanese insurer cites profits, geographic diversification and capital efficiency as reasons for investment

  • LGT Capital scores $100m impact fund outsourcing win in Japan

    10 March 2025

    MS&AD will help reduce education disparities in impoverished US regions

  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance invests in San Francisco cyber insurtech

    05 March 2025

    Japanese insurers revealed ransomware attack hit outsourcing partner last week

  • MS&AD units invest in Oxford University-born natural capital analysts

    27 February 2025

    Partnership plans to offer natural capital and biodiversity risk disclosure support services from June

  • APAC Weekly - Whether it's CIOs, CEOs, or CUOs, the imperative these days seems to be "diversify!"

    18 February 2025

    From investments in China to underwriting risks in Japan, APAC's insurers are spreading their risks - with one notable exception